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IDT’s $200M Plan Rehabilitates 193 Miles of Aging I-15 By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Work on one of the largest public-private partnerships in Idaho has moved another step forward with the Idaho Department of Transportation awarding the bid on the Northgate Interchange project to Cannon Builders of Blackfoot, Idaho. It’s just one component of a five-year, $200 million plan to rehabilitate 193 mi. of the aging I15. “The Interstate through eastern Idaho was built in the 1970s and 80s,” said spokesman Dan Harelson. “It’s approaching 40 years old. All of it is reaching the end of its design life. It’s just worn out. All of these interstates all over the country are 40 years old. They are doing the same thing in Wyoming. It’s just old and ready to be brought up to speed.” The project generating the most “excitement” is the Northgate Interchange, Harelson said.
The Northgate Interchange project is just one component of a five-year, $200 million plan to rehabilitate 193 mi. of the aging I-15.
“It’s on the north edge of Pocatello and we anticipate it is going to spur a lot of economic development.” IDT’s part of that project comes to about $15 million of the estimated $20 million total.
“The people who are partially funding this interchange are doing so because they want to develop a big area that will draw in businesses and include housing and retail. A lot of the high-tech companies on the Wasatch Front are moving
north. There’s a lot of cooks in the kitchen. We’ve got a little piece of it. Pocatello and Chubbuck have a part of it. They’ll start work on some of the canal bridges this fall and complete it next August. It’s on a fast track.”
The partnership consists of the cities of Chubbuck and Pocatello, Bannock County, the Pocatello Development Authority, the Idaho Transportation Department and Millennial Development. The new infrastructure will open the north end of Pocatello and east Chubbuck to new development by way of the master-planned Northgate community. Once fully built, the project is expected to bring new a 1-million sq. ft. IT park, retail businesses and 10,000 new homes. IDT is in the second year of its I15 rehabilitation project, spending $40 million both years. The other projects fall under three categories, pavement and bridge rehabilitation and interchange replacement, Harelson said. On the pavement projects, crews have milled off the old pavement and replaced it with a mix of old and new. “We pulverize what is left and then repave,” Harelson said. “We see NORTHGATE page 7
The Power of Promptness Building a commercial site preparation and excavation company from the ground up means making a commitment to dig deeper, match people to their best fit and sell what sets you apart from the competition. When the husband and wife team of David and Nancy Lauzon started Lauzon Contracting, dividing the duties between themselves and two other employees made staffing and fleet decisions simple. And, it didn’t take long to stand out from the crowd. “The one thing that really sets us apart is we hit schedules every time, always,” David said. “Our reputation is we get work done on time so that others can
get their work done on time. We actually have some concrete subcontractors that give us discounts if we're the excavation partner.” By always being on time — and always on point — Lauzon Contracting has carved out a niche in the Portland, Ore., commercial construction market where the company’s employee roster started with family and friends. Growing up on a ranch in South Dakota, David Lauzon was “pulling levers on machines” and working in excavation at an early age. On a long-ago job site, he befriended another excavator operator, Joe see LAUZON page 6
Lauzon Contracting now completes eight to 10 projects annually using a Doosan fleet of seven crawler excavators and one wheel loader.